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Re: upgrade to testing

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Hey there,

	I don't want to just add a meme here, but someone give this man a
medal.

On 2021-06-15 18:03, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> If you want to update to what is _currently_ Debian testing - now is a
> relatively safe time to do so because it's in a state of freeze before it
> is released as Debian 11. Look at the release notes for Bullseye and the
> posts on Debian Planet for "what's new in Bullseye" and update carefully.
> [Change /etc/apt/sources.list to suit: apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ;
> apt-get autoremove ; apt-get dist-upgrade ; apt-get autoremove is one
> sequence that will get you there.
>
> if you want to upgrade to what will be the new Testing, I'd honestly suggest
> waiting six weeks or so, upgrading to Bullseye as it comes out and _then_
> upgrading to Bookworm.

	The above is the best advice anyone could get in regards to
upgrading to testing or not.

> Just my €0.02

	Honestly worth a lot more.

	There are a lot of people that are not that familiar with Debian,
and sometimes it's comprehensible that they don't look for search
engines right away; a lot of times the answers that come up on a search
apply to derivatives. Ubuntu is so ubiquitous these days that I've seen
plenty of people that just follow instructions meant for it, but under
Debian.

	So it's (from a certain point of view) comendable that they come to
this list instead. After all this is _the_ Debian User Group; and it's
sad that sometimes they are met with less-than-tolerant responses.

	Although I can completely understand (and to some extent, relate to)
the way some people feel when a discussion list is sometimes treated as
a support desk, a more welcoming response is more likely to create a
more conscientious Debian user.

That was MY €0.02.

Cheers,
Francisco

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upgrade to testing Wil <wil@desanti.co.uk> - 2021-06-15 19:40 +0200
  Re: upgrade to testing Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-06-15 19:50 +0200
  Re: upgrade to testing john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-06-15 20:00 +0200
    Re: upgrade to testing Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2021-06-15 20:20 +0200
      Re: upgrade to testing Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-15 20:30 +0200
      Re: upgrade to testing john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-06-16 08:30 +0200
  Re: upgrade to testing "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-06-15 20:10 +0200
    Re: upgrade to testing Francisco M Neto <fmneto@gmail.com> - 2021-06-16 00:10 +0200
      Re: upgrade to testing "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-06-16 00:30 +0200
        Re: upgrade to testing Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-16 00:30 +0200
    Re: upgrade to testing Wil <wil@desanti.co.uk> - 2021-06-16 06:50 +0200
      Re: upgrade to testing dalios <dalios@eumx.net> - 2021-06-16 15:20 +0200
  Re: upgrade to testing Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2021-06-15 21:10 +0200
    Re: upgrade to testing Robbi Nespu <robbinespu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-16 05:50 +0200
      Re: upgrade to testing Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-16 13:30 +0200
  Re: upgrade to testing Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-06-15 21:30 +0200

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